Design Competition
Two Bedford College students have scooped top prizes in the British Glove Association's 2007 National Industrial Poster Design Competition with their eye-catching posters promoting the wearing of gloves for safety purposes in the workplace.
Przemyslaw Pencak's eyecatching entry created using broken glass bottles won first prize. The runner-up is Claire Deacon. Both students are studying a National Diploma Graphic Design Course at Bedford College.
The winners will be presented with their prizes at a prestigious award ceremony, which is being held at the Plaisterers' Hall in the City of London on Wednesday 4th July 2007.
Przemyslaw Pencak wins a cash prize of £300 and a framed certificate. The runner-up, Claire Deacon, receives £100 and a framed certificate.
Entrants were required to design a poster campaign for a beer and spirits company which is attention grabbing, impactful and hard hitting. The campaign was required to make employees aware of the serious hand injuries that can result if they do not wear gloves and to raise the profile of health and safety at work and how wearing gloves is an essential part of this. Posters were required to highlight the risk of injuries from lacerations from broken glass, heat burns and chemical burns.
Students from 150 graphic design colleges were invited to enter this year's competition. The Industrial Poster competition is a key component of the Association's national initiative in support of safety of hands and fingers in the work place. Every year major workplace injuries result in more than three days off work for large numbers of the UK's workforce - many thousands of these injuries are to one or more fingers.
According to the Health & Safety Executive, over one million people suffer an injury at work each year and many of these are hand injuries. Employers have a legal duty to provide suitable protective clothing for any employee who may be exposed to risk - £30million a year is spent buying chemical protective gloves alone. However, to protect the wearer, gloves must be worn and used properly.
About the British Glove Association:
The British Glove Association (BGA) was formed in 1998 to represent every area of the glove industry as a single voice.
The aim of the Association is to be the principal representative for every business within the glove trade with government departments, national and international organisations and representatives of related trades.
